Lakeside News Briefs Record Visits and Local Happenings
LAKESIDE ITEMS outlines visits by former merchant Skiles now in Edmonton, Alberta, and social trips by Mesdames Williams Baker Stein to Alliance. It notes the burial of Mr. McKinney in Lakeside cemetery after treatment in Excelsior Springs Missouri. A serious accident at the potash plant injures a Mexican worker. Various locals visit relatives, attend dances, or plan housekeeping, with notes on hospital visits and farming labor shortages.
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Tra Skiles
Oer City
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
McKinney
Lakeside
Excelsior Springs
Alliance
Tloeh Dinner With George Hun Wife Reported
A report notes Tloeh took a soak and dinner with George Hun and his wife on Monday.
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George Hunwife
Nebraska Suffrage Act Suspended by Petition Referendum
A referendum petition filed with Secretary of State Pool and signed by about 52 000 homes suspends the suffrage law expected this week. The act would have allowed women to vote on presidential electors county offices and city offices not created by the constitution, but the measure remains suspended until the 1918 election. Omaha supporters and anti suffragists rushed the petition led by L B Crofoot with help from Mrs Crofoot and other backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
L. B. Crofott
State
Pool
C. C. George
Ouaha
BE. w.Truman
Lincoln
Jamison
Omuaha
Fall through basement opening injures Henry Clayton
Henry Clayton suffered rib injuries after stepping into a basement opening at his new Alliance home on Eighth and Bog Horn. He fell eight feet to the basement cement floor while aiding carpenters, the structure near completion after winter in California. Clayton is a retired ranchman who owns a ranch 35 miles northwest of Alliance and 20 miles southwest of Hemingford.
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Henry Clayton
Eighth
Bog Horn
Clayton
Notice of sale under chattel mortgage in Box Butte County
By virtue of a May 7 1917 chattel mortgage filed May 9 1917 in Box Butte County Nebraska J Herbert Smith mortgaged to Martin King to secure 70 dollars with interest now 71 70. Defaulted the property description lists a black two year old unbranded stallion about 1150 pounds to be sold at public auction August 18 at 2 PM at Wilson Sons livery Alliance Nebraska. Mortgage owner Martin King Burton Reddish attorneys. 34 41 845 8346
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Box Butte County
Nebraska
J. Herbert Smith
Martin King
Wilson & Son
Alliance
Burton & Reddish
Bring Home Bodies of Fallen Soldiers
The bodies of U S soldiers and marines who may lose their lives in France will be brought back for burial. After the war every man killed abroad will be sent home for interment and relatives or friends may claim them. The American Purple Cross Association was formed to improve handling of the dead with Dr Eckels as director general and Major General J Lewis Good as treasurer.
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U. S
France
American Purple Cross Association
District of Columbia
Baker
American Purpse Cross Association
Quartermaster General
Red Cross
Henry G. Sharp
United States Army
Washington
Law tightens headlights to white only in Nebraska
Nebraska motorists now must use white headlights with limits on glare and throw. Spotlights beyond thirty feet are banned and lamps must not project above forty two inches or more than seventy two feet away. Enforcement begins now with dealers selling legal leases for compliant lights.
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Alliance Automobile
Nebraska
Alliance
Box Butte
Mitchell Debuts New Fire Truck and Chemical Engine
Mitchell Fire Department introduces a $2600 GMC chemical engine loaded with 40 gallon tank plus extra chemical charges and hoses. The equipment, funded with community farmer support and built by Northern Chemical Apparatus Co, aims to aid rural fires and impressed locals after a test blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Index
Mitchell Fire Department
G. M. C. Make
Northern Chemical Apparatus Co
Mitchell Community Club
Miles
Farma
Mitchell
Purple Cross offers to supply embalmers and ambulances for war service
Dr Bekels and Dr Mowbray propose furnishing embalmers for soldiers killed or dying in hospitals, dividing them into units, equipping and training them, and providing automobile ambulances with all expenses. They offer to join army organization if requested and invite interest from local men and officials to support Purple Cross Bill 4510 introduced in Congress. George D. Darling of Alliance handles applications. Citizens urged to contact Senators Hitchcock Norris and Rep Kinkaid to push the bill.
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Bekels
Mowbray
Army
Purple Cross
George D. Darling
Alliance
Congress
Hitchcock
Norris
Kinkaid
Bird Slaughter Costs Farmers Millions in Texas
The piece laments heavy killings of insectivorous birds by farmers and sportsmen, claiming losses of 50 to 75 million dollars annually in Texas from crop damage due to insect pests, urging legal action to restore balance.
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Texas
Unclaimed Letters Remain for Week Ending July 23
Listing of names remaining unclaimed in the office as of July 23. If not claimed by August 5, items will go to the division of dead letters in Chicago. Names include Adams Sarah Antrim El mer Brewster J M Ball Fred Berscheid Bert Brady J F Butler Cunningham Davis Miss Evelyn Duffy James Everett E W Billy Finch EF Fuller Randall Graves Otto Godfrey T L Hilton A Helin R B Hinze C G Hughes Miss Clella Irwin Miss Irene Ramirez Louis Maud Lathan Perry Look Glen D Miltan Joe Mandell Don
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Follawive
Chicago
Adams
Sarah
Antrim
Elmer
Brewster
J. M
Ball
Fred
Berscheid
Bernard
Bert
Robert
Brady
J. F
Butler
Cunningham
Davis
Miss Eviyn
Duffy
James
Everett
E. W. Billy
Finch
F. EF
Fuller
Randall
Graves
Otto
Godfrey
T. L
Hilton
Mr. A
Helin
R. B
Hinze
C. G
Hughes
Clella
Irwin
Inez
Ramirez
Louis
Maud
Lathan
Dr. Perry
Look
Glen D
Miltan
Joe
Mandell
Don
Long list of names appears in local notice or roster
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous personal names and titles such as Mrs Annie Mullen Mr Leo Nestland A J Newham Ralph Norbeck and others including Miss Ruth Pavey H C Price J W Phettplace and Miss Viola Walker among many more. The text resembles a community roster or attendance list with no additional context or actions stated.
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Ald
Manshaw
Claude
More
Annie
Mullen
Leo
Nestland
A. J
Newham
Ralph
Norbeck
Ira
Orin
Bert
Perkins
J. W. Phettplace
Miss.Ruth
Pavey
H. C. Price
Mr. Iph
Phillips
C. W
Rodman
J. F
Ross
J. P
Sampson
Mr. John
Luck
W. B
Sparks
Sanders
Ray
Saunders
Steele
Harry
Stout
Bertha
Schultz
Edward
Thompson
S. L
Walker
Matt Waugh
BE. R
Viola Weaver
Clifford
Yount
Miss Ira
Wealth In Alaskan Waters
The article notes herring abundance in Alaskan waters and rising recognition of their value as food fish. It highlights whaling as an important industry with common species including humpback finback sulphur-bottom and sperm whales. Sperm whales are plentiful near Resurrection Bay and Cook Inlet, with a good-sized specimen valued around $3. The piece calls the salmon industry the most important after mining.
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Alaskan
Resurrection Bay
Cook Inlet
Alaska
Miller Estate Opens for Probate in Hemingford
The estate of the late Adda M Miller of Hemingford was opened for probate before Judge Ira E B Tash on Saturday afternoon. A M Miller was appointed administrator with a $5500 bond, and he qualified and assumed duties.
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Adda M Miller
Hemingford
Ira EB. Tash
A. M. Miller
Puzzled Youngster Idea Echoes in Grocery Visit
A Chicago Tribune item recalls a Saturday delivery where a younger brother often accompanied a grocer. One week his older sibling substituted, prompting five year old Marian to ask, Say did you growed up. The line captures a child's puzzled honesty about aging.
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Marian
Chicago Tribune
Courage and Conviction in Early Legal Contests
A garbled report outlines a historic case involving Jane Barcon born in London and a writ of writ of title. It notes a duel era practice and a court session with two men charged for writing and delivering content. It references a king's attorney and a final proceeding.
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Jane Barcon
London
Muglood
Teacon
Emer
Railroad men's time books sold at Herald office
The handy time books for busy railroad men are available at the Herald office for fifty cents each.
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Herald Office
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Mesdames Williams, Baker and Stein
Allance
Lynn Reed
Carl Joy
Mr. Reed
A. L. Kriees
California
Mr. Kriess
Elieworth
Hert Wilson
Lewellen
Mrs. Willoughby
Clyde Willoughby
J. B. Barge
Dan Thompson
Morrill
Nebr
Frank Noble
Charles Murphy
Tom Briggs
Tloeh
Vets
Terra Addio
Aida
Halan
Merie Rappold
Giovanni Zanatello
Grand Opera Chorus
O Terra Addio
Verili
Rappold
Zenatello
Franz Schubert
Marie Morrisey
Sweet Afton
J. E. Spilman
Imperial
Ira Schuster
Premier
Hawaii
Halsey K. Mohr
Jas
Dixieland
Henry J. Marshall
Arthur Collins
Byron G. Harlan
Jackson
Letty
Earl Carroll
Billy Murray
Lovan Eppel
Jaudas
Poor Butterfly Fox
Raymond Hubbell
Jerome Kern
Raehavl Grant
Napoleon
Choris
Sigmund Romberg
Bettina Bergere
George Wilton Ballard
Rachael Grant
O’mike
Jerone Kern
Gladys Rive
O'Mike
United States
Mitchell Department
Alliance Post Office
Adda M. Miller
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